GE VVVVA8876M - Manual (Page 16)

Hard water—do you have it?
Before you can decide what to do
about hard water, you need to know
if you have it and, if so, how hard
it is.
• If you live in a municipal area,
contact your water company.
• If you live in a rural area, or in
some suburban areas, contact your
county agent.
The answer will be “you have ‘so
many grains’ per gallon” and
means this:
0 to 3 grains per gallon—SOFT
4 to 10 grains—HARD
11 to 19 grains—VERY HARD
20 grains and over—
EXTREMELY HARD
If your water is SOFT, you have
no problem. You can use soap or
detergent as you prefer and forget
all about hard water. If you have
HARD water—less than 10 grains—
and you use phosphate detergent,
you also have no problem.
But, if you have more than 10
grains, you will need to soften your
water with either...
1. An installed water softener in
your home, or
2. The use of a packaged water
softener.
For information on water
softeners, see guide below.
Add this much water softener with a fiiil water level
Grains of
hardness
0-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 over 30
When using
with detergent
0
M cup
(60 ml)
Vi cup
(120 ml)
% cup
(160 nil)
1 cup
(240 ml)
1 cup plus 1 tablespoon for every 5 grains above
30 (240 ml plus 15 ml for each extra 5 grains)
When using
with soap cup
(80 ml)
% cup
(160 ml)
% cup
(180 ml)
1 cup
(240 ml)
IVi cups
(360 ml)
VA cups plus 1 tablespoon for every 5 grains above
30 (300 rnl plus 15 nil for each extra 5 grains)
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